Star Wars - The Force Awakens. - [No Spoilers]

[Falcon]

I was so mesmerised. It was good! I just can't stop thinking about it!

However,

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Spoiler :

The story was quite similar with the original star wars' story line in some aspects. With the new weapon being a planet that destroys systems (basically an upgraded deathstar) and the resistance were able to destroy it in 1 movie. I was hoping for them to disable the planet but not destroy it.

Also, what happened to the Republic? Why were they so vulnerable and didn't fight the First Order directly? I thought Leia would have joined the Republic after the Rebels defeated the Empire?

The First Order look badass and the Resistance are sooooo cewl.

@Megalegonator.

Spoiler :

Yeah I thought the New Republic was supposed to be in control of everything, and I thought the First Order was just a remnant of the Empire which just happened to possess a weapon that could destroy an entire system. It seemed that the rebellion was more powerful than the resistance.

To the average watcher, they wouldn't even know if there was a New Republic or not.

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Spoiler :

"Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."―Palpatine, to Anakin Skywalker

So the first bolded clause states that Palpatine could well possibly know how to raise someone from the dead, and maybe he rose Plagueis from the dead at one point? And maybe that's why Plagueis may be alive. But in the second bolded clause it states that he couldn't resurrect himself. I'm divided on this right now. At first I thought it was the Palpatine because his face was all mangled, since he was thrown down the, ya know, Death Star.